Spring Beauty

sreda, april 08, 2015


BASE
Spring is time for lighter bases and this one definitely fits the bill. It has a light to medium coverage, in fact in that respect it's very similar to Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum, however, the finish is more satin-matte than dewy which will appeal to those whose skin gets a bit shiny during the day. This is my ultimate product for when I'm in a hurry as it takes seconds to apply and blend in with fingers.

Out of all my foundations, BBs and CC creams this has the best finish ever. Again it's similar to Healthy Mix Serum in terms of coverage, but with a more satin finish. This literally looks like skin. It just melts in invisibly and it doesn't settle into lines or pores. To me this is the perfect base, but the lightest shade is too dark for a Snow White like me, so I really wish Bourjois made another lighter shade of this.

This has been my favourite foundation since its release. It looks incredibly natural and fresh on the skin due to the dewy finish and it's particularly nice for dehydrated skin with dry patches because it's one of the rare foundations that doesn't look odd on such skins. This is a staple in my collection.


 EYES
I love a neutral, defined look in any season, but I think that such a look fits into spring especially well. This is the palette that started my matte neutral-taupe eye look obsession and it made me fall in love with eyeshadows. The shades in it are perfect for an everyday defined eye, but the colours can also be worn in a smokier combination. The quality is fantastic and these are some of the best matte eyeshadows around. 

Basics 2 offers a bit more variety when it comes to medium toned shades and it also contains more cool toned shades. If you find the first version too light for your skin tone, this should work at lot better. The quality is again superb as at the original, so another pack of nicely pigmented and smooth eyeshadows.

 I've raved a lot about this budget friendly palette and I still love it. It's like someone put both Naked Basics palettes together and took only the good shades in it. The quality is really good for the price and all the colours are actually matte.


CHEEKS
BENEFIT Coralista
Coral is the obvious choice for spring cheeks and Coralista is my favourite because it's gorgeous coral shade with an illuminating shimmer/glow. This is the type of shade that makes you look so fresh.

The most classic warm pink shade that brightens the face by giving a cute flush to the cheeks, but without any shimmer. The quality of these blushes in amazing, especially considering the price. 


This is one of those great super perky peaches for pale skins. I prefer this to pink blushes when I want to look healthily flushed, plus the velvet cream texture looks very natural on the skin.

Pop of Pink is a bright warm pink-coral and can be used quite sheer or build up for intensity. The liquid-mousse texture gives the cheeks that lovely natural "of course I'm not faking that flush" finish, especially when paired with a light base. 


LIPS




Nude-ist is a beautiful muted rose shade on me with a nice matte finish and it's one of those fantastic natural shades that give me a bit of colour and definition to lips. 

These are such a fancy replacement for a lip balm due to their comfortable, creamy formula and the divine peachy scent. Rose Melody is a natural-pink my-lip-but-better-shade with a nice glossy finish that is great for any easy everyday look.



This is one of my never-fails default lip colours for most occasions because it manages to brighten up my pale skin tone, but isn't too flashy or too in your face. It's a medium pink-coral or peachy-pink and I really appreciate that there is more pink in it because corals mostly look unflattering orange on me.

The brightest choice in my selection, Sweet Tart is a bright, warm Barbie pink that is very pigmented, which is a pleasant surprise for such a balmy product. 


 Cotton Candy is a warm pink that is similar to MAC's Please Me, so it's a great everyday colour, when you want something neutral, but not completely nude (on condition you have a pale skin tone). The formula is really creamy and yet it manages to cling on longer that for example Essence's pencils, so it's a nice replacement for a lipstick.

This is currently my favourite lip colour as it's one of the nicest light peachy-pinks ever. It's a good pencil that is somewhere between being creamy and hard, so it defines well, but the formula is a drier one, however, the colour makes it all worth it.

NAILS

The rather dully named nail colour, 01 is a a nude with a rose-violet-taupe tone, which is close to my skin tone, but those cool hues keep it from looking like mannequin fingers. The formula is so smooth and surprising easy to apply for an opaque nude nail polish, but what impressed me more is how shiny is the finish.

This is that one fantastic transition shade that can easily be worn from autumn though winter into spring because it's such a nice mix of styles. It's a mix of autumn-winter taupe and spring pastel lilac shades, so it looks very modern on the nails. 

ESSIE Nail Lacquer
Mint Candy Apple
The quintessential mint green nail polish that is closer to pastel blue than green. The formula makes you work for it, but there are plenty of better performing dupes anyway and you can't really have a spring without such a shade at least once on the nails.


I got this hoping it be the perfect nude nail polish, but it turned out to be so much more. It's a pastel light pink-peach shade, so it's somewhat nude but with a cute twist.  

The name completely fits this brightened coral-pink shade as it really is cute.The formula of this shade is unbeatable because the application is so smooth and even.

The greener and a bit more muted sibling of Mint Candy Apple, but with a much better performing formula.


FRAGRANCE
Katy Perry Royal Revolution
A sweet, yet fresh scent which still has that depth that also makes it a nice choice for a night out. It reminds me of a very nice smelling shampoo and I love such scents in the spring.

LA RIVE Moon
This is one of those clean, but classy scents that work no matter the occasion or season. It's basically a cheap knock-off of Hugo Boss Nuit Pour Femme and works just as well. It starts with a nice peachy burst, but it quickly settles into a nice expensive fabric softener scent.

The heaviest fragrance out of the three, but still lighter than all those vanilla-cupcake based scents like Fantasy. Fame is a lovely blend of apricot, honey and flower notes, while the depth is created by the smokiness of the incense note.


Have a great day!

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37 comments

  1. Uhhhh... spet si se ful potrudla, čudovit post! Vse mi je všeč! ;)

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  2. What a great post!!! :)

    Really tempted to buy bourgeois CC cream and MOST of those lip products!! :)

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    Xoxo jessy

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    1. Thank you :) I high recommend the CC cream, but there are only four shades, which is unfortunate :)

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  3. Such a wonderful post! Coralista looks gorgeous <3

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  4. Waw, super izbor izdelkov in super objava, kot vedno <3

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  5. Beautiful post! I want to try Rimmel blush and Bourjois lip pencil!:)

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    1. Thank you :) I never did a proper review for that Rimmel blush and I should have :)

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  6. Great products :) Many of them are also my favourites :) I really like Bourjois CC Cream but I totally agree with you, they should introduce a lighter shade, 31 is way too dark for me...

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    1. Wouldn't it be amazing if they made a super pale shade? It be my dream foundation then :)

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  7. Moram priznat da so mi tvoji sezonski posti med najljubšimi! :) Res super fotografije, izbira izdelkov in objava na sploh!

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    1. Hvala :D Jih zelo rada delam, pa čeprav mi vzame ogromno časa :)

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  8. Krasen post. Dejansko sem zelo blizu, da kmalu porabim Catrice in Yves Rocher pudra do konca, tako da komaj čakam, ker to pomeni, da si lahko spet Bourjois kupim (ampak če si ga prej, bo šel moj plan izdelkov za porabiti po gobe). Tudi meni je eden najljubših pudrov. Moram pa priznati, da me je za šminke kar presenetilo, da nimaš nobene rdeče, ampak večinoma pink in nude. :D

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    1. Hvala :D Jaz imam Bourjois kar vedno na zalogi in ga ponavadi ponovno kupim še preden mi zmanjka :)
      Je malo presenetljivo, ampak sem si to objavo zamislila z bolj "naravnimi" odtenki, pa tudi rdečih odtenkov trenutno ne nosim, ampak večinome te :D Sem nameravala vključit Bourjoisovo Shine 21, ampak mi nekako ni všeč zdaj, ker ima oranžen podton. Vem, pa da bom v poletno verzijo dala en odtenek kot je Lady Danger :)

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  9. So pretty! Res odlične fotografije, kot vedno:) <3 So mi všeč tvoje izbire. Veliko odtenkov, bi jaz tudi imela - za ustnice in ličke:) In hvala za ELF info na Instagramu. Jeeej, ne bodo ukinili!:D

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    1. Hvala <3 Se mi je zdelo, da bo tebi tak izbor všeč :) Predvsem si Coralisto na tebi predstavljam, ker je tak coralno-peachy odtenek s šimrom.
      Krasna novica glede E.l.f. :) Res bi bilo čudno, da bi kar izginili s trga. Pa še večji izbor bo :D

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  10. Gorgeous post. Now I really want to purchase the Bourjois cc cream and the Catrice blushes. A perfect spring post.

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    1. Thank you :) Both products are worth trying out :)

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  11. Kakšne popolne fotke!<3 Pa kako ti uspeva tako krasne swatche narediti, meni se je danes skoraj zmešalo..:) xx

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    1. Hvala <3 Jih slikam pod mojimi Phillipsovimi žarnicami, se mi zdi da so barve še najbolj natančne. Pa če se mi zdi, da ni čisto prava barva, še popravim posamezne swatche :) Slikam pa s telefonom, tako kot vedno :D

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  12. Super post in zelo lepe slike :) tiste na koncu so mi še posebej všeč, lepe kombinacije barv oblačil, tako pomladne! :)

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    1. Hvala :) Tisto obleko, hlače in čevlje nosim ogromno ne glede na sezono, ampak res pašejo v to objavo :)

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  13. krasen post :3 sem čisto vse prečekirala. Bourjonis HMS je res top podlaga. jo imam in je božanska. malce škoda da vleče na rumenkasto, a če jo prav nanesem se ne opazi :))
    123 bb krema.. tudi sprobana z moje strani in spet krasen izdelek. meni je najsvetlejši odtenek ravno prav, očitno si še bolj svetle polti kot jaz pa sem tudi sama ena od snow white punc heheh :D
    tole catrice matt paleto si moram nabavit v kratkem. tudi nad naked basic se ne bi pritoževala, škoda ker so pri nas težko dosegljive :/

    in po tvoji zaslugi (objavi) sem končno naletela na popolno pink šminko. Tale catrice odtenek je top. spet gre na wish listo :D

    xoxo.

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    1. Hvala :) Ja, je kar škoda, da je HMS tako rumen, mu včasih primešam zraven kakšen bolj roza puder, da dobim bolj nevtralen odtenek :)
      Uh, če ti najsvetlejši odtenek CC kreme ustreza nisi čista sneguljčica :D Meni je recimo da dva odtenka pretemna, ampak ker ima bolj nevtralni podton ne izgleda tako slabo. Vseeno jo mešam s svetlejšim pudrom.
      Paletko in šminko ti toplo priporočam :). Catrice ima itak krasne stvari.

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  14. I really really love your posts like this one.. if only they needed so many time to prepare, I'd do some of them, too... :-)

    The pastel trend is my favourite in spring!

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    1. Thank you :) Yes, it takes a lot of time to do a post like this, but I really enjoy it :)

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  15. Super post in krasna izbira odtenkov ♥

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  16. Super objava in slike, kot vedno. <3 Imam tudi jaz neko podobno spomladansko objavo v mislih. :)
    Zelo mi je všeč tvoja izbira produktov za ustnice, tudi sama trenutno nosim bolj nežne odtenke. Bourjois svinčnik za ustnice mi je ZELO všeč! Mam Catrice odtenek I got you Babel, ampak ne vem, če potrebujem še Bourjoisovega? :D
    Pa paletke so mi izjemno všeč. Mislim, da rabim to od Catrice. :)

    Zadnja slikica raztura - tulipančki in tvoji čudoviti outfiti in čevlji. <3

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    1. Hvala <3 Ti se kar loti tvoje objave, jo bom z veseljem prebrala :)
      Bourjoisov svinčnik je dosti drugačen od I got you Babel, da imaš brez problema lahko oba :) Itak svinčniki niso tako dragi kot šminke, če ne pa počakaš na kakšen popust.
      Love those shoes :) To so moji vsakodnevni čevlji, ker so dobri za hodit :)

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    2. Upam, da mi uspe čimprej. :) Imam toliko ocen v planu, ampak časa pa kar prehitro zmanjka.
      Super, to sem morala slišat. :P Ker nad tem Catrice svinčnikom sem res zelo navdušena, Bourjoisev pa mi izgleda še privlačnejši, ker je bolj roza. <3
      Ah, ko bi jaz našla kakšne petke, ko bi dejansko ble udobne za daljšo hojo. :/
      Mimogrede, te lahko vprašam, kateri program uporabljaš za napis na slikcah in da je več slik v eni (kot npr. na prvi sliki, kjer so nohti,..)? Photoshop? :)

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    3. Kar vzemi si čas, objav se ne sme pisat na silo :D
      Bourjoisov svinčnik ti bo zagotovo všeč, sploh ker bi rada imela odtenek kot je Angel :)
      Meni najbolj ustrezajo petke z 8 cm peto. V njih najlažje hodim :) Ampak znamki Asos in New Look, pri nas imajo same neke trde čevlje. Princess shop tudi občasno preseneti.
      Jaz uporabljam Photoshop, ampak če ga nimaš pa bi rada dala gor samo napise uporabi Picasa 3, ker je čisto enostaven.

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  17. So many corals! This is making me very VERY happy :-)

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    1. Coral definitely screams spring :) Well and summer :)

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  18. Pridem čist navdušena prebrat tvoj odgovor na moj komentar, samo da vidim, da ga sploh ni objavilo. Well thank you Amis!
    So here we go again; Krasna objava, same super stvari si izbrala, 'bows down'. Jaz komaj čakam, da porabim Garnier BB, da si dovolim kupit Dior-jevo.
    Hotela sem te pa vprašat kje kupiš La Rive parfume?

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    1. No, evo ti tehnologijo :D Ampak mi imamo tudi Amis, pa nam je kul.

      Hvala <3 Ta LA Rive parfum sem kupila v Tuš Drogeriji, ampak je pri nas tudi v Intersparu (NM). V Ljubljanskem Intersparu sem videla tudi komplet parfum plus deodorant :)

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  19. awesome post! keep it up! I love your hair. measurabledifference.com

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